Improvement in wash-stands



i H. S. HALE. Washstand.

No.-2o2,25?. Patented April 9',1s7s..

N. PETERS. PNOTOLLITNOGRAFHER. WASHINGTON, I)v C.

UNITED STATEs PATENT OEEIoE.

HENRY S. HALE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT lN WASH-STANDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 202,257, dated April 9,1878; application filed January 12, 1878.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HENRY S. HALE, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Portable Wash-Stands", of whichthe following is a specification:

My invention relates to an improvement in combined wash-stands anddesks; and the object of my improvement is to so construct the lid ofthe stand that when it is depressed it will serve as a desk, and whenelevated will expose the entire surface of the top of the stand in sucha manner that the said top can be easily cleaned.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is avertical section of myimproved washstand, and Fig. 2, a perspective view, drawn to a reducedscale.

The body A of the stand consists of the usual box-like structure, withdoors a in front, the top B being, by preference, of marble, and havingthe usual circular opening above the basin D, the flanges of which reston the wooden support d of the marble top; or the basin may be securedin any other appropriate manner.

At the rear of the stand is the usual elevated portion H, to which ishinged the lid G, the latter, when depressed, serving to cover themarble top, and being inclined like the top of a desk, which thestructure is intended to represent when not in use as a washstand.

In combined wash-stands and desks as heretofore constructed, it has beenusual to secure tapering strips to the top of the stand, one at,

each end of the same, for supporting the inclined lid; but the strips sosecured, as well as any projections above the surface of the marble top,are objectionable, because they interfere with the washing and cleansingof the marble top; hence I secure the tapering strips e e to the underside of the lid, one at each end of the same, as best observed in Fig.2, the lower edges of these strips, when the lid is depressed, restingon the top of the body, so as to overlap and conceal the ends of themarble top and form an appropriate finish to the body.

The water-reservoir I is contained in a chamber formed at the back ofthe stand, partly within the elevated portion H of the same, andextending downward to a point between the upper edge and bottom of thebasin, so that there may be the largest possible supply of water withoutdisfiguring the structure, for the upper portion of the reservoir isconfined laterally and longitudinally to the elevated rear, H, common toordinary wash-stands as well as to desks.

The top K of the elevated portion H of the stand consists of twoparts-the cover m of the reservoir and the back a, secured to the coverat right angles to the same, this back being formed to make a suitableornamental finish for the stand. The top K is hinged to the front of theelevated portion H of the stand at 00, so that it can be turned over tothe position shown by dotted lines when the reservoir has to bereplenished or cleansed.

A tube, 10, extends from the reservoir, near the bottom of the same, tothe basin D, and this tube is furnished with a suitable valve, thehandle of which projects above the marble top of the stand. There is theusual opening, fitted with a detachable plug, at the bottom of thebasin, and within the stand should be placed a bucket or other suitablevessel, for receiving the waste-water as it is discharged from thebasin.

It will be seen that when the lid Gris raised the entire surface of themarble top is exposed, so that it can be readily cleansed, there beingno cells in which foul water, not easily removed, can be lodged.

If desired, the ribs 6 0 may be straight, and these ribs may be arrangedto rest on inclined strips on the outside of the body below the marbletop.

I claim as my invention, and as animprovement in combined wash-standsand desks- The combination of the body A of the stand, and the top B ofthe same, with the lid G and the strips 6 e, secured to the said lid,and constituting, when the latter is depressed, part of the desk,allsubstantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

HENRY S. HALE.

